diet, so it's something I've kept up even after I've hit my target weight." 6. TELL THE TRUTH The first rule about weight loss is to be true to yourself. "If snack foods are your weakness, don't buy them – it really is that simple," says Lorna Gold, a

of your body weight during exercise through fluid loss may compromise performance. On the other hand, drinking too much may lead to the dangerous and potentially lethal condition of exercise-associated hyponatraemia (EAH).The Clinical Journal of Sports

to ice afterwards!It's not so much your loss of fitness that is the concern, but the injury - you have done enough training and have previous marathons to cope with the psychological aspect - it's just that you don't know how your hip flexor strain

some sort of survey and extrapolated, then published possibly by organisations with a vested interest in making you feel fat, e.g. vendors of weight loss products. My weight doesn't usually flucuate very much, so i don't worry too much about weight

should be laughing. Above a certain exertion, your body can't use fat for fuel, and so turns to glycosis to recruit glycogen stored in the liver, muscles and other parts. So yes, there is a fat burning zone, but if you are talking about weight loss, you

healthy actviity and by its very nature will in the long term address excess body fat and strengthen your legs.Wow, I think I got carried away there! If you feel OK why worry ??With an increased weekly mileage and especially longer runs your weight

of going  back to "that place". From your weight loss you have gained a sense of pride annd self esteem -fear of losing that feeling is ther too I reckon.Maybe you should focus on the "fact" that you yourself were OK even when big and being big is OK too

are generally. hi Tommywe've been discussing the issue of "how many calories" is the right amount for several years over on the 1600 weight loss threadi'd welcome you to join there but slight warning that we have wandered off topic a bit after several years

hundred for charity really appealed to me as did the weight loss.so once i got the house move, new job, family stuff etc all sorted i went back on this site, researched beginners stuff a lot, spoke to a dietician at my gym and a personal trainer

, so weight loss unlikely becuase of that) . So I say it again. You can run when you are big.And you will get fitter, and a better shape. currently 15st started running last august best advice is listen to your body im also 40 years old take plenty